it ...catches the bottom ...of his patrol car.../ sending it spinning.../. the federal officer... was one of two cops ... injured.../. both officers... are working... without pay --/ because of the government shutdown. a... baltimore... county school bus... veers... off the road.../ and... plunges ...into a nearby ravine.../. some... students... were injuried.../ . others ...walked into the arms ...of... worried parents.../. crime and justice reporter joy lepola... investigates... what happened..../ ((pkg)) (school official) 9:49:36 (audio only) not the way we want to start friday morning or any school day an unexpected chain of events that ended with a baltimore county bus flipped over on its side. (barber) 20:00:42 you get nervous and you're worried what happened how did it happen what's going on. like many parents.... shakisha barber .... found out about the crash.... when arbe 20:00: it s just a recording to r parents whose childrennvolved were on the bus.... many received urgent text messages. (spencer) 9:48:07 i can't imagine the fear of the parents when they came to pick up their kids. when the bus

flipped.... all ten students were thrown from their seats. (fire) 9:20:17 it's really miraculous that we didn't have any significant injury five students were taken to area hospitals. (audio only) 9:18:29 they were all students at pikesville middle school. also taken... from the scene... footage from the cameras... mounted inside the bus. a window into what happened. stand up- you can see the path of these tracks... it appears crashed. (school official) 9:50:11 obviously something went wrong. while investigators attempt to piece it together... 9:19:29 beep beep they'll certianly be able to detemine that at the scene. an open investigation .... into a bus accident.... that everyone survived. 9:21:22 school buses are definitely safer today than they were 5 to 10 years ago. in baltimore county... 9:48;15 we are extremely lucky joy lepola fox 45 news at ten. the driver of the bus was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries. officials tell us the bus is owned by woodlawn motorcoach which has a contract with the county. so far, the

driver's name has not been released. prosecutors... decide... not... to file charges... against a man... who accidentally... hit an killed... his grandson ... with. ..a. ..parade float... he... was driving. this... is... surveillance video... of the parade... moments before ...the accident... july 4th .../ the... anne arundel county state's attorney's office... closed... the case .../ after... annapolis police found... the man couldn't... have known... what was happening.../. the float... accidentally... hit and killed... 7 year old... kyle aldridge... of baltimore. tropical storm karen... is... heading toward the u.s.... / expected... to hit... the gulf coast... this weekend. louisiana residents ... are boarding up ... homes... / and... packing... belongings... before... karen's arival.../ it's... a... similar scene... in florida... / where... boats... are being... dry--docked.../. the mayor... of pensacola... is warning residents... to be prepared. "we know what storms can do. they can change on a dime, and when that happens you need to be prepared. what we try to do as a government is let people know time is of the essence. make sure you have your essentials." karen's...

expected... to move ... thru... the gulf.../ and... likely intensify,.../ potentially into a hurricane... late saturday or sunday morning... near the coast.../. so, ... how will... the storm affect us? here's... dawn brown... who's tracking the storm... in... our weather authority storm center... put the power of the weather storms can do. they can change on a dime, and when that happens you need to be prepared. what we try to do as a government is let people know time is of the essence. make sure you have your essentials." karen's... expected... to move ... thru... the gulf.../ and... likely intensify,.../ potentially into will... the hesunday o's trackingn...

nter... thority storm breaking news right now on capitol hill. this is a live picture of police cars on the mall in d-c. a man reportedly set himself on fire right there. he was extinguished... and we understand he is still alive and breathing. he was just flown to the hospital. weak pass protection...

and a nonexistent run game... a few problems for the baltimore ravens... that led to this week's trade for eugene monroe. morgan adsit joins us on on what type of impact we can expect from the left tackle. make no mistake about it... eugene monroe is here to play left tackle for the baltimore ravens. question is... when. could be in miami... could be the following week. . it's hard to say... and it's difficult for the ravens coaching staff to put a timetable on it... this is something they've never dealt with before... a trade... midseason... for a player. . monroe arrived thursday... so he will have a total of 3 days to prepare. physically he's said he's ready... but it's knowing skemes and the playbook that could be the hold-up... for sunday. "he was here all night last night with the offensive line guys. i had dinner with him, and we were talking, and he

was like, 'i've got to go.' and they went upstairs, and they went to work. he was in here early this morning again and went through the practice here and seemed like he knew what he was doing." whenever eugene monroe is in... bryant mckinnie is out. how the current starting left tackle is handling the trade. that's later in sports unlimited. show off your purple pride and you could win a prize from fox45. every week we'll choose 12 finalists for you to vote on. this week's winner is paul mason. here's the picture he sent in. be sure to enter your photos now. voting on the next finalist begins monday at 10 a-m. go to our facebook page and click on the "inside fox45" tab to vote for your favorite photo. one person a week will win a 25-dollar gift card from poor boys. boynton has our

traffic edge report. maps i-695 at greenspring 1-695 at balt nat'l pike chartcam (smartboard) wpl c-502 at gantry s-1 coming up.. a federal prison... dealing with fallout from the government shutdown.... why the guards aren't being paid, but the prisoners are. ----shots fired, 53, 26 shots fired---- a traffic stop goes terribly wrong. the shootout caught on camera.... and the surprising discovery inside the car. and a restaurant... under fire over this burger. the controversial ingredients that

some customers find offensive. --adblib weather tz-- it's day four of

the partial federal government shutdown and there is no end in sight.. democrats and republicans are still at odds

over how to fully fund the government. as craig boswell explains the house continues with it's plan to return funding ... boswell explains the house continues with it's plan to return funding ... but the back pay of hundreds of thousands of workers is on the agenda. when a female suspect led law enforcement on a high speed chase through the streets of dc - it was the capitol hill police who ended the rampage the chaos thursday afternoon began at the white house... nats of gunshots. ...but ended when police shot her attempted to run down officers trying to arrest her. two officers were injured in the ordeal. the dramatic events on the hill have now actually put a face on the effects of the government shutdown - bera says: "they performed admirably. they did everything that they had to do. and they did so without getting paid." the officers protecting the capitol are among the federal workers on the job without pay.. nats of applause. now today - lawmakers are expected to consider steps

to protect capitol hill police back pay making sure when the budget standoff is resolved police "and all federal workers" will be compensated. federal workers have been retroactively paid during previous shutdowns, but it's still a thorny issue as senate democrats insist on a spending bill to reopen the entire government. foxx says: "if the senate will not meet with us to build a bipartisan solution to end the government shutdown, we'll continue to take the lead to fix problems for the american people." boswell says (oncam tag): "some fema workers on furlough are also being brought back to work due to tropical storm karen in the gulf. one of the two miniature spending bills in the house today is for fema and disaster aid. in washington craig boswell fox news." how's this for irony.... while the government is shut down, guards at federal prisons aren't getting paid,.../ but the prisoners who work inside the walls... are. at federal corrections facilities like this one in oxford, wisconsin...corr ections officers paychecks are on hold, until the government payroll is back up and running.

but because inmates selected to perform services get paid through the state bureau of prisons, those inmates are still receiving their checks. union officials hope this latest shutdown doesn't approach the length of the 1995 government shutdown that dragged on for 21 days. police... in oregon... release... dashcam footage... of a traffic stop... in august.../ that... went ...terribly wrong..../ take a look... at what happened... when a trooper... pulled over... a... man for speeding. "incue: sir please get back in the car... outcue: gunshots."

the man... in military fatigues... is... john allen.../. he... opens fire... on a state trooper... hitting him... in the chest.../. the... trooper... returns fire,... hitting allen,... who... then... gets back in his car... and... drives off.../. allen... was found dead... a... half- mile... down the road... with ...a.. gunshot wound... to his chest.../. his... three children... were in the car... the whole time.../ but incredibly... weren't hurt. sacriligious, or sacri-licious? an chicago burger shop is drawing a lot of fire, and maybe some brimstone, for its new menu offering. kuma's corner has never been afraid to walk the line, or maybe even cross it a time or two. but they may have topped themselves with their new burger...named, "the ghost." it's named after a swedish heavy metal band that uses religious overtones. the special ingredients? red wine, and an unconsecrated communion wafer. as you can imagine, it's drawn its share of reactions.

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stalemate in washington... may mean higher grocery prices. which prodcuts ... will likely cost you more... by new years. and the science behind a mother's love. what could be addictive about newborns.

maryland... has... its first maryland... has... its first could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know.

confirmed case... of the flu. lab tests... show... a child... from the national captial region... diagnosed... with ...type a... h-1---n-1.../. state health... officials... say... the child... was briefly hospitalized... and... is... now recovering..../ but... the strand... is obviously out there... and... health officials say... it... can be dangerous... for everyone.../

"it can take a normal healthy child or adult and have them in the emergency room for 48 hours. this is the serious winter virus. now we can prevent many of these infections by being vaccinated and vaccine is abundantly available now." according to federal health officials... , the flu... can... pop up... as early as ...the beginning of october.../ although... it... usually peaks... in january or februrary. any mom... will... tell you.../ how much ...they love... the smell of their newborn baby.../ but,... is... it possible... to actually... be addicted... to it?? some scientists ... say... yes! a... study...in the journal... "frontiers in psychology" .../ finds... newborns... do... have a smell, ... that activates... certain pathways... in a mom's brain,... making it hard... to resist her baby.../. it... causes ...an... intense bond..... / and... euphoric feeling... with how they related ...to their babies.../. the... study found, ... the reactions... moms... had... to the smell... were similar... to the feeling.../ after... doing cocaine... or... eating

delicious food. says: "the addiction component of those are that you're getting the same response of stimulation with those and so it's the same thing that they're thinking happens when a mom bonds with her baby." proving... what many moms... have claimed they knew all along... the shutdown... in washington... could mean... higher grocery prices...?. with the... lockdown... it's not likely congress... will pass a new farm bill .../ that... could mean... higher prices for milk, cheese and butter.../. if a new bill... isn't signed into law... by... january 1-st ... / the...department of agriculture ...will be forced ... to revert back to 1949 laws ... / when the government... had to pay... more... for dairy products. ... new at 5:30... concerns over red light cameras... why they may be causing more accidents than they prevent. distracted

could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know.

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now... in their first large scale deployment in the city. janice? - new law began tuesday...first big push by the city. - used to be a secondary offense...now a primary offense...police can pull you over for talking on your cell phone. - fines start off at $75 dollars -aaa: more than 50% of crashes last yr were due to a distracted driverhalf 511 year due to distracted driving -everyone needs to wear a seatlbelt regardless of age the fines are pretty hefty

f-b-i says... it... needs your help.../ finding... a... man ...wanted for armed robberies... around baltimore investigators... say... gary howard ...robbed several 7-11 stores... around baltimore... in july.../. he's... 35 years... old,... 5-10... and... weighs 200 pounds.../ anyone with information... should... call police

fox45 has teamed up with the most popular crime mapping website on the internet "spotcrime" tracks criminal activity in your neighborhood. you can also get emails when crime happens. sign up by going to our website... fox-baltimore dot com... and click on "spotcrime" in the "hot topics" section at the top of the screen a... howard county man... is... busted... for... growing pot... inside his home..../ . which... is... also... a... licensed... day care center.../. keith daniels,... live... at the... savage house.../ where... police say... they found... large amounts of marijuana... / and... several firearms....keith. jeff.... we're live on baltimore street near foundry street.... the house is behind me..... and according state officials..it's a day care for children as young as six weeks old.. and the house is listed as "smoke free..." sot in" well it's not sot in" well it's not good out:: and caught him